Caged Bird :Song/ poem essay

My song I chose by Alicia Keys is called Caged Bird. I believe that this is a great song because of the way it sounds. It can relate to some peoole,and it has a lot of imagery. It also may can soothe people minds when they had a really bad day. Besides that there is a lot more things that shows this is a really great song.

In the song Alicia Keys is comparing people to birds. In the song she says, "Right now I feel like a bird." In taht case this sentence would be reffered to as an simile. Futher more the sing has a lot of imagery in it. The song really paints a picture in my mind, because of the words she chose to create the song. For instance when she said, "Everyone comes to stare at me." That gives me a sense that she is talking about people staring at her,and that is why it gives me a image of what she is talking about.

Caged bird has a lot of repetition in the song. Alcia Keys repeats the word "fly" in the song. She says just let her fly,fly,fly. This is repeated at the very end of the song because the bird is set free and she just wants it to fly. I think that was a good idea for her to do because she finally expresses her feelings about how the bird feels.

Alicia Keys uses many metaphors in the song. She says metaphors like,"They don't know what there doing to me." Also she says,"Her only joy comes from song." I thought her metaphors were very strong and she really broke the song down in a way you can understand it, but relate to it in your own perspective.

In conclusion this song can connect to people because she isw comparing people to birds and how they should be free. Also I like the way the poem sounded as far as the way it sounded because she just didn't write like she was talking to a person,it was sort of like personification in a way. That is why caged bird is a really great song to listen to.